The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.

Look for the White water-lily in still and slow-moving water, such as ponds, ditches, lakes and canals. Its lily pads and massive, white flowers float at the water's surface.

One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.

A climbing plant of hedgerows and woodlands, White bryony produces greenish flowers in summer and red, shiny berries in winter. It is a poisonous plant.

The large white is a common garden visitor - look out for its brilliant white wings, tipped with black.

As its name suggests, Water dock likes damp places, such as the egdes of canals, ponds and rivers. It is a tall plant with large, greenish flower spikes.

At night, the pretty, white blooms of white campion produce a heady scent, attracting feeding moths. Look for this wildflower along hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.

This streaky brown bird is a winter visitor, occasionally found walking around the muddy margins of marshes.